Title :
Some considerations on the diagnosis of breast cancer by thermography in patients with nonpalpable breast cancer
Author :
Ohashi, Yasuhiko ; Uchida, Isao
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Internal Med., Cancer Inst. Hosp., Tokyo, Japan
fDate :
30 Oct-2 Nov 1997
Abstract :
26 patients with nonpalpable breast cancer were examined by thermography. 15 patients (55%) were correctly diagnosed by thermography at steady state, 4 patients (14%) were correctly diagnosed by the aid of dynamic thermography and 3 patients (11%) were correctly diagnosed by the aid of μ-thermography. Background of diagnosis of small cancer by thermography at steady state as well as dynamic and μ-thermography was studied
Keywords :
biomedical imaging; biothermics; cancer; infrared imaging; mammography; μ-thermography; breast cancer diagnosis; dynamic thermography; hot spot recognition; nonpalpable breast cancer patients; sequential thermogram; small cancer; subtraction thermogram; thermography at steady state; Breast cancer; Breast neoplasms; Hospitals; Pattern recognition; Protection; Skin; Steady-state; Temperature dependence; Thermal conductivity; Thermal stresses;
Conference_Titel :
Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society, 1997. Proceedings of the 19th Annual International Conference of the IEEE
Conference_Location :
Chicago, IL
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-4262-3
DOI :
10.1109/IEMBS.1997.757712
